Chinese gifts for Pacific ‘friends’ BEIJING, 17 OCTOBWER 2019 (THE AUSTRALIAN) — China will roll out fresh offers of cash and red-carpet trips when Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua meets Pacific leaders in Samoa next week to spruik Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative. Mr Hu, a senior Chinese Communist Party Politburo member, will […]
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China’s trade with US shrinks again in September
BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. Exports to the United States, China’s biggest foreign market, fell 17.8% to $36.5 billion, a deterioration from August’s 16% decline, customs data showed Monday. Imports of […]
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Former Solomon Islands deputy PM speaks out on sacking
HONIARA,14 OCTOBER 2019 (SOLOMON STAR) — Solomon Islands Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) has ignored its own people when switching diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. Former Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and the Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources John Maneniaru revealed has spoken out for the first time since his removal from cabinet […]
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Taiwan spends more aid in Pacific than China: Ambassador Chow
KOROR, PALAU – A top Taiwanese diplomat based in Palau said that Taiwan had been investing more economic aid in the Pacific than China did last year. Taiwan Ambassador to Palau Wallace Chow, during an early celebration of the 108th Taiwan National Day in Palau on October 8, cited in his speech that the Lowy […]
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Trump says US-China trade talks are ‘going very well’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered an upbeat assessment of U.S.-China trade talks and said he would meet at the White House on Friday with the leader of the Chinese negotiating team. Expectations were low that the negotiations would do much to resolve a 15-month trade battle that is weighing on the global economy. […]
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Chinese president meets Solomon Islands PM, pledging closer cooperation
BEIJING, 10 OCTOBER 2019 (XINHUA) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the Solomon Islands’ Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Beijing Wednesday, pledging closer cooperation between the two countries. “Recently, China and the Solomon Islands have formally established diplomatic relations on the basis of the one-China principle, which conforms to the trend of the times […]